. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. in. PLATE L.—Cathedral at Sienna. CONCL USION. 361 gagf^iM^H or moulding over every door unless the latter becanopied. Beverley Minster, Melrose Abbey, WinchesterCathedral, and Beau-champ Chapel are theconventional quotationsfor the style. Each hasa certain charm of line,though frequently littlemore than a capriciousform ot cabinet work. But when every-thing is said, perpen-dicular architecture sur-passed in many waysthe restless, overbur-dened Flamboyant,though it never ap-proached that abstractdisembodied beautywhich one
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. in. PLATE L.—Cathedral at Sienna. CONCL USION. 361 gagf^iM^H or moulding over every door unless the latter becanopied. Beverley Minster, Melrose Abbey, WinchesterCathedral, and Beau-champ Chapel are theconventional quotationsfor the style. Each hasa certain charm of line,though frequently littlemore than a capriciousform ot cabinet work. But when every-thing is said, perpen-dicular architecture sur-passed in many waysthe restless, overbur-dened Flamboyant,though it never ap-proached that abstractdisembodied beautywhich one ever associ-ates with the early fres-coed fanes of France. CONCLUSION. A study of ecclesias-tical Gothic in Franceand England practical-ly covers the whole sub-ject, for though Ger-many and Spain raisedup worthy rivals in the „ ^ ,,, „ t, , , r J Fig. 152—Portion of the Cathedral Cathedrals of Cologne, at Florence.
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